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Engineering Curricula

Overview

The College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences offers B.S. degrees in Civil, Electrical, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering. In addition, there are two interdisciplinary B.S. degrees: B.S. Engineering, and the B.S. in Engineering Management which is offered in conjunction with the School of Business Administration.

The Bachelor of Science degrees in Civil, Electrical, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering are ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited.

In addition to the Bachelor of Science degrees, the School of Engineering also offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences.

Laptop Requirements: Engineering is a professional field that leverages mathematics and the sciences to design and implement solutions to problems faced by society. The practicing Engineer utilizes not only the fundamentals related to mathematics and the sciences but also computational tools to accomplish his or her tasks. With this latter reality in mind, the School of Engineering (SoE) requires all incoming Engineering students to have a laptop computer. The laptop requirement enables instructors to incorporate computational analysis and numerical examples in the classroom for an immediate and powerful praxis of engineering theory. The laptop requirement is platform agnostic (Windows, Mac or Linux) and is satisfied with current mid-range offerings (i.e., 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 802.11 a/g/n). Note that current netbooks will not have sufficient computational resources to meet your needs. As part of the laptop requirement, students must also purchase a student version of MATLAB® (a high-level programming language and interactive computational environment). MATLAB® is available through the MathWorks™ website: MathWorks . The School also recommends that students have word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software on their laptop.

HSS Requirements: To complement the technical content of the Engineering curriculum, all B.S. programs require a Humanities and Social Science (HSS) component that encourages the exploration of an HSS field and the appreciation of diversity in society. HSS electives may not be taken on a pass/fail basis. A minimum of fifteen credits must be selected from the list presented here. At least six credits must be from the same department.

Approved Humanities Courses

Category A: Literature

• CHIN Chinese: all courses*
• CLAS Classics: all courses* including Greek and Latin
• CMSI Communication Sciences: CMSI 001, CMSI 002, CMSI 051.
• ENGS English: all courses* except ENGS 001, ENGS 005, ENGS 006, ENGS 050, ENGS 053, ENGS 085, ENGS 104, ENGS 105, ENGS 113, ENGS 114, ENGS 117, ENGS 118, ENGS 119 and ENGS 120.
• FTS Film: all courses*
• FREN French: all courses*
• GERM German: all courses*
• GRK Greek: all courses*
• HEBR Hebrew: all courses*
• ITAL Italian: all courses*
• JAPN Japanese: all courses*
• LAT Latin: all courses*
• RUSS Russian: all courses*
• SPAN Spanish: all courses*
• WLIT World Literature: all courses*

Category B: Fine Arts/Humanities

• ARTH Art: all Art History courses*
• MU Music: MUS 001, MUS 004, MUS 005, MUS 006, MUS 007, MUS 105, MUS 106, MUS 107, MUS 111, MUS 112, all History or Literature courses*
• PHIL Philosophy: all courses*
• REL Religion: all courses*
• THE Theatre: THE 001, THE 041, THE 050, THE 150, THE 151.

Category C: Social Sciences

• ALAN ALANA Studies: ALAN 051, ALAN 055, ALAN 158, ALAN 159.
• ANTH Anthropology: all courses* except ANTH 200, ANTH 201, ANTH 290.
• BOT Botany: BOT 006.
• CDAE Community Development & Applied Economics: CDAE 002, CDAE 061, CDAE 102, CDAE 117, CDAE 127, CDAE 128, CDAE 129, CDAE 156, CDAE 157, CDAE 158, CDAE 171, CDAE 205, CDAE 207, CDAE 208, CDAE 218, CDAE 237, CDAE 251, CDAE 253, CDAE 254, CDAE 255, CDAE 258, CDAE 272.
  
• EC Economics: all courses* except EC 170, EC 270.
• EDFS Education Foundations: EDFS 200, EDFS 203, EDFS 205, EDFS 206, EDFS 207.
• EDSS Education: EDSS 011, EDSS 012.
• ENVS Environmental Studies: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, ENVS 100, ENVS 166, ENVS 178, ENVS 179, ENVS 182.
• GEOG Geography: GEOG 050, GEOG 060, GEOG 070, GEOG 150 to GEOG 154, GEOG 156, GEOG 157, GEOG 159, GEOG 160, GEOG 170, GEOG 171, GEOG 173, GEOG 175 to GEOG 179.
• GRS Global & Regional Studies: GRS 007, GRS 008, GRS 009, GRS 010, GRS 091, GRS 093.
• HDFS Human Development & Family Studies: HDFS 005, HDFS 020, HDFS 060, HDFS 065, HDFS 161, HDFS 167.
• HLTH Health: HLTH 020.
• HP Historic Preservation: HP 200, HP 201.
• HS Holocaust Studies: all courses*
• HST History: all courses*
• MS Military Studies: MS 011.
• NR Natural Resources: NR 002, NR 006.
• NURS Nursing: NURS 135.
• POLS Political Science: all courses* except POLS 181.
• PSYC Psychology: PSYC 001, PSYC 015, PSYC 104, PSYC 111, PSYC 119, PSYC 130, PSYC 152, PSYC 161, PSYC 163, PSYC 206, PSYC 231, PSYC 233, PSYC 237.
• PA Public Administration: PA 206.
• RM Recreational Management: RM 030.
• SWSS Social Work: SWSS 002, SWSS 047, SWSS 048, SWSS 060, SWSS 165, SWSS 166.
• SOC Sociology: SOC 001 to SOC 057, SOC 101 to SOC 171, SOC 202 to SOC 272.
• VS Vermont Studies: VS 052, VS 064, VS 123, VS 160, VS 162, VS 184, VS 230.
• WGST Women's & Gender Studies: all courses*

Category D: Honors College (HCOL)

• HCOL Honors College Special Topics: HCOL 095, HCOL 096, HCOL 195, HCOL 196.

* Special topics, seminars, honors, reading and research, or internships are not normally considered appropriate HSS electives.

Approved Race and Culture Courses

Category 1: All ALANA and U.S. Ethnic Studies (prefix ALAN) courses, and:

• ANTH Anthropology: ANTH 064, ANTH 160, ANTH 169, ANTH 187
• CMSI Communication Sciences: CMSI 160
• DNCE Dance: DNCE 150
• EC Economics: EC 095, EC 153
• EDFS Foundations: EDFS 001, EDFS 322
• EDRC Race & Culture: EDRC 001
• ENGR Engineering: ENGR 010
• ENGS English: ENGS 011, ENGS 057, ENGS 159, ENGS 160, ENGS 176, ENGS 177
• GEOG Geography: GEOG 060
• HST History: HST 068, HST 168, HST 169, HST 187, HST 188, HST 189
• MU Music: MU 005, MU 105
• NR Natural Resources: NR 006
• POLS Political Science: POLS 029, POLS 129
• PSYC Psychology: PSYC 269
• REL Religion: REL 080, REL 095, REL 128
• SOC Sociology: SOC 019, SOC 031, SOC 118, SOC 119, SOC 219
• SWSS Social Work: SWSS 060, SWSS 140
• WLIT World Literature: WLIT 016, WLIT 116

Category 2:

• ANTH Anthropology: ANTH 021, ANTH 023, ANTH 024, ANTH 028, ANTH 064, ANTH 160, ANTH 161, ANTH 162, ANTH 163, ANTH 165, ANTH 166, ANTH 167, ANTH 172, ANTH 179, ANTH 180
• ARTH Art History: ARTH 008, ARTH 146, ARTH 185, ARTH 187, ARTH 188, ARTH 192, ARTH 285
• CDAE Community Development & Applied Economics: CDAE 002
• CLAS Classics: CLAS 145
• EC Economics: EC 040
• EDHI Higher Education: EDHI 230
• EDSP Special Education: EDSP 005, EDSP 201, EDSP 274
• ENGS English: ENGS 061, ENGS 179, ENGS 182
• FREN French: FREN 289
• GEOG Geography: GEOG 050, GEOG 150, GEOG 151, GEOG 154, GEOG 156, GEOG 173
• HCOL Honors College: HCOL 195
• HDFS Human Development & Family Studies: HDFS 167, HDFS 267
• HLTH Health: HLTH 105
• HST History: HST 009, HST 010, HST 040, HST 041, HST 045, HST 046, HST 050, HST 051, HST 062, HST 063, HST 095, HST 140, HST 141, HST 149, HST 150, HST 151, HST 152, HST 240, HST 241, HST 250, HST 252
• MU Music: MU 007, MU 107
• PHIL Philosophy: PHIL 003, PHIL 121, PHIL 122, PHIL 221
• POLS Political Science: POLS 157, POLS 168, POLS 170, POLS 174, POLS 175, POLS 177, POLS 179
• PSS Plant & Soil Science: PSS 003
• REL Religion: REL 020, REL 021, REL 130, REL 131, REL 132, REL 134, REL 141, REL 145, REL 230
• SOC Sociology: SOC 171, SOC 213, SOC 272
• SWSS Social Work: SWSS 047, SWSS 048
• WGST Women’s & Gender Studies: WGST 073, WGST 075, WGST 101, WGST 195, WGST 196
• WLIT World Literature: WLIT 145

Students must include two three-credit cultural diversity courses as two of their required humanities and social sciences courses. One three-credit course must be from Category One Race and Racism in the U.S. and the second three-credit course can be from either Category One or Category Two Human and Societal Diversity . Courses must be selected from the list of cultural diversity courses presented in the Diversity Courses section of the Catalogue.

Engineering students can become affiliated with their respective national professional engineering societies: the American Society of Civil Engineers , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , the American Society for Engineering Management , and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers . Each of these organizations has an authorized student chapter at UVM. Engineering students demonstrating high scholarship attainment, combined with exemplary character, are recognized by membership in the Vermont Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. In addition, all engineering students may become affiliated with the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. These student organizations provide extracurricular opportunities for students to learn more about their chosen discipline and to apply their knowledge.

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